50 Things to have done by the age of 50

[Saigon]

I saw this in a Finnish magazine, and thought you might enjoy it.

I doubt anyone is going to get to 50, somehow!

Do tell us your score!

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll

Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa

- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration

 

[Saigon]

I scored 37....

I'm quite pleased never to have been fired, but I am a bit surprised to think that I have never been to ballet!

 

[Unkotare]

That 'list' is completely random. It's just stupid. No wonder why your country is so damn irrelevant.

 

[Saigon]

I think this is worth a bump....I spent a good 10 minutes translating it!

 

[Unkotare]

You wasted your time.

 

[B. Kidd]

I scored one as I just got back from Macchu Piccu last night.

 

[Mr Natural]

That 'list' is completely random. It's just stupid. No wonder why your country is so damn irrelevant.

At least they don't piss away a fortune maintaining an global empire.

 

[PredFan]

I'm 56 now, I've done the bolded:

Do tell us your score!

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiied downhilll
Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa
- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration

 

[Unkotare]

That 'list' is completely random. It's just stupid. No wonder why your country is so damn irrelevant.

At least they don't piss away a fortune maintaining an global empire.

Who does?

 

[Unkotare]

It's completely random maybe someone can make a better list than what this Pretentious Finnish douchebag offered.

 

[007]

I think this is worth a bump....I spent a good 10 minutes translating it!

Should have just used google chrome, it would have translated it for you.

 

[Againsheila]

I saw this in a Finnish magazine, and thought you might enjoy it.

I doubt anyone is going to get to 50, somehow!

Do tell us your score!

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll

Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa

- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration

Do we have to do EVERYTHING on the list? If so, I've been a failure for 5 years now....

 

[Moonglow]

I've done many things not on the list, does that mean that the Finnish writer is missing out on life?

 

[Saigon]

I scored one as I just got back from Macchu Piccu last night.

Cool - that has to be worth a great many points!

 

[Saigon]

I think this is worth a bump....I spent a good 10 minutes translating it!

Should have just used google chrome, it would have translated it for you.

Some of them I had to change to have it make sense in the US.

Things like skiing wasn't on the list in Finland - it would be like asking people if they had ever walked upright!

 

[Saigon]

I've done many things not on the list, does that mean that the Finnish writer is missing out on life?

Very likely...although having lit your own farts or being able to write your own name while pissing are skills not everyone needs!

 

[Saigon]

I'm 56 now, I've done the bolded:

Do tell us your score!

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiied downhilll
Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa
- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration

That's a good list...must be around 30?

That's not a bad score given some of the weird things on the list!

 

[BluePhantom]

I got 34

 

[BluePhantom]

I have done the ones in bold

I saw this in a Finnish magazine, and thought you might enjoy it.

I doubt anyone is going to get to 50, somehow!

Do tell us your score!

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll
Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa

- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration

 

[Saigon]

Phantom -

Is that 34?

That's a great list - particularly as you have all the achievements section!